May 2 '08: To help federal, state and local officials respond to emergencies on the water, Resolve Marine Group has developed a national network of professional responders who can handle chemical spills, on-board fires, and natural disasters. In recent past, the group helped local officials in San Francisco when an oil tanker spilled several tens of thousands of gallons into the San Francisco Bay.

On its website, Resolve Marine said it "maintains several warehouses full of specialized salvage, firefighting and hazardous materials response equipment on the U.S. East, Gulf and West Coasts. A majority of our equipment," the company said, "is packaged in portable baskets, wheeled units, and skid-mounted units for rapid deployment via ground, sea, or air transport."